According to the World Social Report 2024, launched today by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, urgent global action is needed to support national efforts to address the ...

Multiple converging crises, including climate change, growing conflicts and rising health pandemics are undermining efforts to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities around the world.

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is proud to announce the reopening of the historic Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, following extensive renovations. Originally inaugurated in 1961 by Emperor ...

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2024 highlights a widespread but often ignored aspect of poverty: social and institutional mistreatment. This hidden violence, which includes ...

UN DESA to host series of public events on 17 October, focusing on solutions to end poverty ...

Achieving gender equality and empowering women is not only the right thing to do but is a critical ingredient in the fight against extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition. Women account for a ...

Peter Jackson es redactor jefe de la unidad del Departamento de Información Pública de las Naciones Unidas, que confecciona el Anuario que publica cada año las Naciones Unidas, la obra de ...

Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, is UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 and is the President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Bogolo Kenewendo is Special Adviser for the UN ...

The world is facing multiple crises, from the lingering effects of COVID-19 to rising conflicts, natural disasters and the accelerating impacts of climate change. These challenges have been ...

8 October 2024 - Over 200 high-level policymakers and senior government officials with scientists, engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs and representatives of science and technology communities, the ...

The past 12 months have been pivotal for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the adoption of the groundbreaking Political Declaration at the SDG Summit, as well as the Antigua and Barbuda ...